Bitless bridle.



J. C. KLABO'.

BTLESS BRIDLE.

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p JEUsINIUs dnLABo, or DULUTH; M'I'Nvnsorel BITLnss BRIDLE. o

i Speciflcation'of Letters Patent. Patentgd Jul?? 2?, 1915.

Application filed August 26, 1914. Serial No. 858,652.

TO all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J EUSINIUs C. KLABo citizen of the United States, residing at Duluth, in the county of St. Louis and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bitless Bridles, of

which the following. is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in bridles, and has for one of its objects to provide a simply constructed device in which the bridle portion of the harness is so constructed as to dispense with bits or other portions to engage in the mouth of the horse.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed device which may be adjusted to horsesof various sizes and which enables the horse to be guided by the driving reins in the same manner as by an ordinary bridle.

VVith these and other objects in view the invention consists' in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown'and described and then specifically pointed iout in the claim; and inthe drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention- Figure 1 is a side 'elevation of the improved device applied. Fig. 2 is a detached perspective view of the improved device.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the acoompanying drawings by the same reference characters.

The improved device comprises cheek plates 10, preferably of metal and adapted to bear upon opposite sides of the face of the horse and preferably extending upwardly from the upper end of the `mouth, as shown in Fig. 1. The plates 10 are precisely alike except that they are rights and lefts, and each is formed with strap receiving apertures 11 and 12 at their upper ends and a single strap receiving aperture 13 at the lower end. Depending from each of the plates 10 is a bracket like member 111 having means such as a ring 15 at the lower end to receive the driving reins, the latter being indicated conventionally at 16 and coupled to the ring 15 by the usual harness snaps-17.

The bracket 14; 'is rigid or integral Vwith the plate 10andk is preferably provided with a brace 14' to render its connection with the plate more rigid. Formed in the plate 10 intermedate its ends is a loop 18. A lower nose strap 19 is coupled by suitable buckle devices 20 to the apertures 13 while an upper nose strap 21 is coupled by suitable buckle devices 22 to the loop 18. A head strap 23 engages over the head of the horse rearwardly of the ears and is provided with terminal rings 2st to which a throat strap 25 is coupled, as'shown, and provided with an adjusting buckle 26. A crown strap 27 is coupled to the rings 24 and passes over the forehead of thel horsein front of the ears as shown. The head strap 23 and the crown strap 27 are connectedby a strap 28 which passes between the ears of the animal. Ano ther throat strap 29 is connected to the apertures 12 of the plates and provided with an adjusting buckle 30, the throat straps 25.

and 29 being connected by a shorter strap 32. The apertures 11 of the plates 10 arel designed to receive branching holding straps 33 which are united to a strap 3% which in turn is connected to the strap 28. Another strap 35 connects the strap 34 to the upper nose strap 21. By this simple means the plates 10 are firmly held in place andsupported upon the horses nose and head in substantially the same manner as with anfl ordinary bridle7 and a pull upon either one of the driving reinswill turn the horsels headl in either direction and thus guide them in the ordinary manner and without the necessity of placing bits in the horsels mouth.

The plates 10 may be of any suitable material and plated or otherwise ornamented and are preferably lightened by openings, as shownp 'V. w

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is A bridle comprising members adapted to engage the cheeks of `a' horse and adapted to have driving reins attached thereto, a lower strap device connected to the cheekengaging members and adapted to bear over the nose of a horse, an upper strap device nectng said jaw-engaging strap device to the head engaging members.

In testimony Whereof I afix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses. v

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connected to the cheek-engaging members and adapted to bear beneath the jaws of a horse, an ntermedate strap device connected to the cheek-engaging members and adapted to bear over the nose of a horse,

horse-head engaging members, means for `fi/Vit'n'esses: connectng sad nose engagmgrstraps to sad v E. N. SIMoNsnN, head engagmg members, and means'for con C. R. FANSO.V

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

. Washington, D. e3 

